[Foundation-l] Missing Wikipedians: An Essay

[aude]

Heather Ford, a former Wikimedia advisory board member and researcher/writer
in South Africa has written an essay, "The Missing Wikipedians" about
systematic bias on English Wikipedia (especially) against new users and
topics pertinent to Africa and other diverse places/people.

As an example, she cites the English Wikipedia article [[Makmende]] and the
deletion request made, biting the newbie.

http://hblog.org/2011/02/16/the-missing-wikipedians/

Please read and discuss.  What might we do to help make Wikipedia a more
welcoming place for newbies and for such diverse topics?

Cheers,
Katie (@aude)